The

American Association for Cancer Research The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is the world's oldest and largest professional association related to cancer research. Based in Philadelphia, the AACR focuses on all aspects of cancer research, including Basic research, basic, ...

gives several annual awards for significant contributions to the field of

cancer research Cancer research is research into cancer to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure. Cancer research ranges from epidemiology, molecular bioscience to the performance of clinical trials to evaluate ...

AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research

This award recognizes prodigious scientists that have made profound contributions to the field of cancer research. * 2018: Joseph R. Bertino * 2017:

Mina Bissell Mina J. Bissell is an Iranian-American biologist known for her research on breast cancer. In particular, she has studied the effects of a cell's microenvironment, including its extracellular matrix, on tissue function. Early life and education ...

* 2016: Robert A. Weinberg * 2015: Mario R. Capecchi * 2014:

Douglas Hanahan Douglas Hanahan (born 1951) is an American biologist, professor, and Director Emeritus of the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research at EPFL (École polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a Distinguishe ...

* 2013: Harold L. Moses * 2012:

Beatrice Mintz Beatrice Mintz (January 24, 1921 – January 3, 2022) was an American embryologist who contributed to the understanding of genetic modification, cellular differentiation, and cancer, particularly melanoma.Martha J. Bailey, ''American women in sci ...

* 2011:

Susan Band Horwitz Susan Band Horwitz is an American biochemist and professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she holds the Falkenstein chair in Cancer Research as well as co-chair of the department of Molecular Pharmacology. Horwitz is a pioneer i ...

* 2010: Janet D. Rowley * 2009: Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. * 2008:

Harald zur Hausen Harald zur Hausen NAS EASA APS (; 11 March 1936 – 29 May 2023) was a German virologist. He carried out research on cervical cancer and discovered the role of papilloma viruses in cervical cancer, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Phy ...

* 2007:

Donald Metcalf Donald Metcalf AC FRS FAA (26 February 1929 – 15 December 2014) was an Australian medical researcher who spent most of his career at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne. In 1954 he received the Carden F ...

* 2006: Bernard Fisher * 2005:

Alfred G. Knudson, Jr. Alfred George Knudson, Jr. (August 9, 1922 – July 10, 2016) was an American physician and geneticist specializing in cancer genetics. Among his many contributions to the field was the formulation of the Knudson hypothesis in 1971, which exp ...

* 2004: Emil Frei III

AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research

This award recognizes the outstanding research of investigators under the age of 40. * This award has not been given since 2016. * 2016:

Franziska Michor Franziska Michor (born 1982) is an Austrian computational biologist. She is a professor in the department of data science at the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute. She serves as Director of the Physical Sciences-Oncology Center and the Center for Ca ...

* 2015:

Christopher R. Vakoc Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει ...

* 2014: Nima Sharifi * 2013: Roger S. Lo * 2012: Yibin Kang * 2011: Nathanael S. Gray * 2010:

Joshua T. Mendell Joshua T. Mendell is an American molecular biologist who is a professor of molecular biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where he is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. Before moving to UT Southwestern, Mendel ...

* 2009:

Victor Velculescu Victor E. Velculescu (born August 16, 1970) is a Professor of Oncology and Co-Director of Cancer Biology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is internationally known for his discoveries in genomics and cancer research. Early lif ...

* 2008:

Arul Chinnaiyan Arul M. Chinnaiyan is a Hicks Endowed Professor of Pathology and professor of pathology and urology at the University of Michigan Medical School. He is also a Howard Hughes medical Investigator (HHMI) at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Ar ...

* 2007:

Kornelia Polyak Kornelia Polyak is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an internationally recognized breast cancer expert. Polyak earned her MD from Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Medical University in Szeged, Hungary, and her PhD from Weill Cornell Grad ...

* 2006: Ivan Dikic * 2005: Gregory J. Hannon * 2004: Xiaodong Wang * 2003: none * 2002: Todd R. Golub * 2001: Scott W. Lowe * 2000: Nikola P. Pavletich * 1999:

John Kuriyan John Kuriyan is the dean of basic sciences and a professor of biochemistry at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He was formerly the Chancellor's Professor at the University of California, Berkeley in the departments of molecular and cell bi ...

* 1998: Michael C. Dean * 1997:

Tyler Jacks Tyler Jacks is a David H. Koch Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a long-time HHMI investigator, and founding director of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, which brings together bi ...

* 1996: Carol W. Greider * 1995: Eric S. Lander * 1994: Igor B. Roninson * 1993: Tom Curran * 1992: Elizabeth Robertson * 1991: Richard C. Mulligan * 1990:

Ronald M. Evans Ronald Mark Evans (born April 17, 1949 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Biologist, Professor and Head of the Salk’s Gene Expression Laboratory, and the March of Dimes Chair in Molecular and Developmental Biology at the Salk Institute f ...

* 1989:

Bert Vogelstein Bert Vogelstein (born 1949) is director of the Ludwig Center, Clayton Professor of Oncology and Pathology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at The Johns Hopkins Medical School and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. A pi ...

* 1988: Webster K. Cavenee * 1987: Peter M. Blumberg * 1986:

Mariano Barbacid Mariano Barbacid Montalbán (born 4 October 1949 in Madrid) is a Spanish molecular biochemist who discovered the first oncogene HRAS. Academic career He completed his higher education in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where he studie ...

* 1985:

Lance A. Liotta Lance A. Liotta (born July 12, 1947) is the co-director and co-founder of the Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine (CAPMM) at George Mason University. His research team was the first to propose the existence of the autocrine moti ...

* 1984: Charles D. Stiles * 1983: Susan Astrin * 1982: Stuart A. Aaronson * 1981: Yung-Chi Cheng * 1980: Malcolm A. S. Moore

AACR Joseph H. Burchenal Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cancer Research

This award is given for achievements in clinical research. * 2019: Susan L. Cohn * 2018: Johann S. de Bono * 2017: Judy E. Garber * 2016: John C. Byrd * 2015: Elizabeth M. Jaffee * 2014: John F. DiPersio * 2013: Hagop M. Kantarjian * 2012: Lawrence H. Einhorn * 2011: Ching-Hon Pui * 2010: Henry T. Lynch * 2009: W. Marston Linehan * 2008: Joseph R. Bertino * 2007: Kenneth C. Anderson * 2006: Merrill J. Egorin * 2005: Jimmie C. Holland * 2004:

Clara D. Bloomfield Clara Derber Bloomfield (May 15, 1942 – March 1, 2020), was an American physician and cancer researcher. Her work focused on the genetic changes that are present in certain types of blood cancers, and how those can be utilized to improve treatm ...

* 2003:

David S. Alberts David Stephen Alberts (born 1942) is a former American Director of Research for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration (NII). Biography David S. Alberts did his undergraduate work was at City ...

* 2002: Lee M. Nadler * 2001: Rainer F. Storb * 2000: Waun Ki Hong * 1999: John Mendelsohn * 1998: Bernard Fisher * 1997: Ronald Levy * 1996: Samuel A. Wells Jr.

AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology

This award is given for major contributions to the field of

cancer immunology Cancer immunology (immuno-oncology) is an interdisciplinary branch of biology and a sub-discipline of immunology that is concerned with understanding the role of the immune system in the progression and development of cancer; the most well know ...

. * 2018:

Antoni Ribas Antoni Ribas i Piera (27 October 1935 – 3 October 2007) was a Catalan Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 15 films between 1966 and 2007. His 1973 film ''La otra imagen'' was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Fi ...

* 2017:

Olivera Finn Olivera J. Finn is a Yugoslav-American immunologist who is a distinguished professor and former chair of the department of immunology at the University of Pittsburgh (2001–2013) and former director of the Cancer Immunology Program at the Univ ...

* 2016: Ronald Levy * 2015: Carl H. June * 2014: Robert D. Schreiber * 2013:

James P. Allison James Patrick Allison (born August 7, 1948) is an American immunologist and Nobel laureate who holds the position of professor and chair of immunology and executive director of immunotherapy platform at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston ...

AACR-Prevent Cancer Foundation Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research

This award is given to scientists for have made significant discoveries in cancer prevention. * 2014: Graham A. Colditz * 2013: John P. Pierce * 2012:

Jack Cuzick Sir Jack Martin Cuzick (born 11 August 1948) is an American-born British academic, director of the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine in London and head of the Centre for Cancer Prevention. He is the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology at t ...

* 2011: Andrew J. Dannenberg * 2010: John D. Groopman * 2009: Mark W. Schiffman * 2008: Frank L. Meyskens, Jr. * 2007: Leslie Bernstein * 2006: Stephen S. Hecht * 2005: Scott M. Lippman * 2004:

* 2003: Waun Ki Hong

AACR Princess Takamatsu Memorial Lectureship

This award recognizes successful scientists dedicated to international collaborations. * 2018: Lisa M. Coussens * 2017: Louis M. Staudt * 2016: William G. Kaelin Jr. * 2015:

Lewis C. Cantley Lewis C. Cantley (born February 20, 1949) is an American cell biologist and biochemist who has made significant advances to the understanding of cancer metabolism. Among his most notable contributions are the discovery and study of the enzyme PI- ...

* 2014: Rakesh K. Jain * 2013:

Carlo M. Croce Carlo Maria Croce (born December 17, 1944) is an Italian-American professor of medicine at Ohio State University, specializing in oncology and the molecular mechanisms underlying cancer. Croce and his research have attracted public attention beca ...

* 2012: Mary J.C. Hendrix * 2011:

Philip Hanawalt Philip C. Hanawalt (born 1931) is an American biologist who discovered the process of repair replication of damaged DNA in 1963. He is also considered the co-discoverer of the ubiquitous process of DNA excision repair along with his mentor, Ric ...

* 2010:

Mary-Claire King Mary-Claire King (born February 27, 1946) is an American geneticist. She was the first to show that breast cancer can be inherited due to mutations in the gene she called ''BRCA1''. She studies human genetics and is particularly interested in g ...

* 2009: Curtis C. Harris * 2008: Lawrence A. Loeb * 2007: Webster K. Cavenee * 2002: Michael B. Sporn

AACR Team Science Award

This award is given to promote collaboration to further breakthroughs in cancer research. * 2018: Genomic Approaches to Preventing and Treating Asian-Prevalent Cancers Team" :: Patrick Tan, Steven G. Rozen, Sen-Yung Hsieh, Chiea Chuen Khor, Narong Khuntikeo, Soon Thye Lim, Choon Kiat Ong, Chawalit Pairojkul, See-Tong Pang, Tatsuhiro Shibata, Bin Tean Teh * 2017: International Liquid Biopsy Initiative Team" :: Luis A. Diaz, Nishant Agrawal, Chetan Bettegowda, Frank Diehl, Peter Gibbs, Stanley R. Hamilton, Ralph H. Hruban, Hartmut Juhl, Isaac Kinde, Kenneth Kinzler,

Martin Nowak Martin Andreas Nowak (born April 7, 1965) is an Austrian-born professor of mathematics and biology at Harvard University. He is a researcher in evolutionary dynamics, and has made contributions to the fields of evolutionary theory and viral dy ...

, Nickolas Papadopoulos, David Sidransky, Jeanne Tie, Victor E. Velculescu,

* 2016: Women's Health Initiative Team: ::

Ross L. Prentice Ross L. Prentice (born October 16, 1946) is a Canadian statistician known particularly for his contributions to survival analysis and statistical methods for epidemiology. Since 1974, he has worked at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ...

, Garnet L. Anderson, Bette Caan, Rowan T. Chlebowski, Rebecca D. Jackson, Charles Kooperberg, JoAnn E. Manson, Electra D. Paskett, Jacques E. Rossouw, Sally A. Shumaker, Marcia L. Stefanick, Cynthia Ann Thomson, Jean Wactawski-Wende * 2015: Designing AR Inhibitors Team: :: Charles L. Sawyers, Michael E. Jung, Howard Scher * 2014:

Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...

Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins (May 19, 1795 – December 24, 1873) was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist. Born on a plantation, he left his home to start a career at the age of 17, and settled in Baltimore, Maryland, where he remained for mos ...

, and NCI Malignant Brain Tumor Team: ::

Darell D. Bigner Darell is a given name derived from an English surname, which was derived from Norman-French , originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France. There are no longer any towns in France called Airelle, but is the French word for huckleberry ...

, Ira Pastan, Daniel Barboriak, Oren J. Becher, Thomas J. Cummings, Annick Desjardins, Luis A. Diaz, Allan Friedman, Henry S. Friedman, Matthias Gromeier, Sridharan Gururangan, Yiping He, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Chien-Tsun Kuan, Roger E. McLendon, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Katherine B. Peters, Tulika Ranjan, B. K. Ahmed Rasheed, John H. Sampson, Victor E. Velculescu, Gordana Vlahovic, Jason A. Watts, Hai Yan, Michael R. Zalutsky * 2013: Johns Hopkins Pancreatic Cancer Sequencing Team in the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at Johns Hopkins University: :: Ralph H. Hruban, N. Volkan Adsay, Peter J. Allen, Michael A. Choti, Luis A. Diaz, James R. Eshleman, Michael G. Goggins, Joseph M. Herman, Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue, Scott E. Kern, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Alison P. Klein,

David S. Klimstra David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damas ...

, Anirban Maitra, Alan K. Meeker, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Victor E. Velculescu,

, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Laura DeLong Wood * 2012: The

Institute of Cancer Research The Institute of Cancer Research (the ICR) is a public research institute and a member institution of the University of London in London, United Kingdom, specialising in oncology. It was founded in 1909 as a research department of the Royal Ma ...

(ICR) and

Royal Marsden Hospital The Royal Marsden Hospital is a specialist National Health Service oncology hospital in London based at two sites in Brompton, in Kensington and Chelsea, and Belmont in Sutton. It is managed by The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and supp ...

: Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit and Drug Development Units: :: Bissan Al-Lazikani, Udai Banerji, Julian Blagg, Ian Collins, Johann De Bono, Sue Eccles,

Michelle Garrett Michelle may refer to: People *Michelle (name), a given name and surname, the feminine form of Michael * Michelle Courtens, Dutch singer, performing as "Michelle" * Michelle (German singer) * Michelle (Scottish singer) (born 1980), Scottish w ...

, Swen Hoelder, Keith Jones,

Stan Kaye Stan or STAN may refer to: People * Stan (given name), a list of people with the given name ** Stan Laurel (1890–1965), English comic actor, part of duo Laurel and Hardy * Stan (surname), a Romanian surname * Stan! (born 1964), American author ...

, Spiros Linardopoulos, Richard Marais, Flo Raynaud, Caroline Springer, Rob van Montfort, Paul Workman * 2011: Seattle HPV Research Team: ::

Janet R. Daling Janet R. Daling is an American epidemiologist. She is a member emeritus of the Public Health Sciences Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, as well as an emeritus professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington. Educat ...

, Denise A. Galloway, James Hughes, Nancy B. Kiviat, Laura Koutsky, Margaret M. Madeleine, Constance Mao, Barbara McKnight, Peggy L. Porter,

Stephen M. Schwartz Stephen or Steven is an English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the firs ...

, Hisham K. Tamimi, Long-fu Xi * 2010: Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Thoracic Oncology Research Team: :: Michael J. Eck,

Jeffery Engelman Jeffery may refer to: * Jeffery (name), including a list of people with the name * Jeffery (automobile), an early American automobile manufacturer * Thomas B. Jeffery Company * Jeffery Boulevard, a major north–south street on the South Side of Ch ...

Nathanael Gray Nathanael S. Gray is an American chemist. He serves as Krishnan-Shah Family Professor of chemical and systems biology at Stanford University and director of cancer therapeutics programme at Stanford University School of Medicine. Previously he wa ...

, Daniel Haber, Pasi A. Janne, Bruce E. Johnson, Susumu Kobayashi, Eunice Kwak, Neal Lindeman, Thomas J. Lynch, Shyamala Maheswaran, Matthew L. Meyerson, Lecia V. Sequist,

Jeffery Settleman Jeffery may refer to: * Jeffery (name), including a list of people with the name * Jeffery (automobile), an early American automobile manufacturer * Thomas B. Jeffery Company * Jeffery Boulevard, a major north–south street on the South Side of Ch ...

, Daniel G. Tenen,

Mehmet Toner Mehmet Toner (born 1958) is a Turkish biomedical engineering, biomedical engineer. He is currently the Helen Andrus Benedict Professor of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, with a joint appointment as prof ...

, Kwok-Kin Wong * 2009:

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a pediatric treatment and research hospital headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded by entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962, it is a 501(c)(3) designated nonprofit medical corporation which focuses on chi ...

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Team: :: Dario Campana, Cheng Cheng, James R. Downing, William E. Evans, Melissa M. Hudson, Sima Jeha,

Charles Mullighan Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

, Ching-Hon Pui, Susana C. Raimondi, Mary V. Relling, Raul C. Ribeiro * 2008:

University of California San Francisco The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It is part of the University of California system and is dedic ...

, the

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL, Berkeley Lab) is a Federally funded research and development centers, federally funded research and development center in the Berkeley Hills, hills of Berkeley, California, United States. Established i ...

and

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is a cancer research and treatment center located in Buffalo, New York. Founded by surgeon Roswell Park in 1898, the center was the first in the United States to specifically focus on cancer research. Th ...

: :: Donna G. Albertson, Jane Fridyland, Joe W. Gray, Ajay Jain, Anne H. Kallioniemi, Olli-Pekka Kallioniemi, Robert Nordmeyer, Norma J. Nowak, Daniel Pinkel, Antoine Sniders, Damir Sudar, Frederick M. Waldmann * 2007:

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH or The Brigham) is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Along with Massachusetts General Hospital, it is one of the two ...

Team: :: Xuhong Cao,

, Saravana Dhanasekaran, Rohit Mehra, James Montie, Kenneth Pienta, Robin Rasor, Daniel Rhodes, Rajal Shah, Scott A. Tomlins, Sooryanarayana Varambally, John Wei, Francesca Demichelis, Charles Lee, Sven Perner, Mark A. Rubin

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